Codington Elementary Principal- Cindy Henry Assistant Principal

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Codington ElementaryPrincipal- Cindy
HenryAssistant Principal Bonnie Page

• Jon Lentz
• Sharon Duff
• Ashley Bryant
• Jason Fennell
• Jennifer George
• Caroline Stillwell

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Facts About Codington

• Year-round school
• Five years ago was one of five lowest achieving
  schools in district
• Has been Exemplary/High Growth status for past 4
  years
• Title I School
• School of Distinction 2001-2002

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School Profile 2001-2002Statistics Based on
Grades 3-5

• 109 males
• 121 females
• 202 Caucasians
• 22 African Americans
• 2 Asian-Pacific Islanders
• Total school enrollment 525

• 2 Hispanics
• 2 Multi-Racial 38 Economically Disadvantaged
• 31 Classroom Teachers
• Average Class Size 25
• Higher than state and district

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How does Codington achieve being a School of
Excellence?

• Administration, Teachers and Parents work
  together
• One week enrichment or remediation every 9 weeks
• Tutoring Programs every day and everyone tutors
• Variety of Programs
• All of staff trained in all programs
• Ex Reading Renaissance, Math Renaissance,
  Thinking Maps

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Pros of Codington

• Responsibility in hands of everyone
• Open door policy
• Student data notebooks
• Share information and ideas
• Team-based staff
• Lack of down time because of year round
  schedule
• All supported and trained in programs
• 90 of teachers are fully licensed
• 9 Nationally Board Certified
• 29 have further education
• 48 have 4-10 years of experience
• Staff development based on students needs

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Codingtons Needs for Improvement

• Needs better make-up of subgroups
• Will only be able to meet 4 subgroups next year
  according to No Child Left Behind legislation
• Students need better understanding of testing
• Do not understand why they have to take the test
• Students could possibly have itinerants more than
  once a week

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School Improvement

• Every year faculty and staff nominate and vote
  for School Improvement Team
• Parents nominate or apply, then members of School
  Improvement Team are voted on
• Meet until plan is made then phase meetings out
• Work in progress
• Strong PTA support
• Each grade level has a copy School Improvement
  Plan
• Administrators have a copy School Improvement
  Plan
• Copy of School Improvement Plan in office for
  parents

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Student Perception

• Feel prepared for tests
• Concentrate on tests during 4th nine weeks
• less Social Studies and Science
• Cooperative Learning Groups
• Teachers are nice and make sure you understand
  things.
• Reading is harder than math

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